My 10 yr old daughter received a Wal-Mart gift card from her grandfather for Christmas and decided to look up some toys online when she ran across this pinball machine. We then went to our local store to see if it was available there, it wasn't so we decided to go back home and order it online. She absolutely loves it , I do to. It takes 4 C batteries, it's not to loud, it's to big for her lap so she lays on the floor and plays with it. My mother even plays with it , of course she puts on the table. All in all it's not that bad of a gift